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USCIS · Oversight and reporting · Request IRW-049

Leadership emails on posting records to the reading room

This request asks for emails among National Records Center leaders, branch supervisors, the FOIA Officer, the FOIA Program Manager and senior FOIA supervisors. It covers emails that use terms such as "proactive disclosure," "reading room" or "ready to post," or that report how many decisions were posted to the Electronic Reading Room (the agency's online library of released records), from January 1, 2026 to the present.

Why it matters
The Electronic Reading Room is where an agency posts records for the public. These emails could show whether posting is happening.
ProcessingExtension invoked 27 business days since filing (39 calendar days)

Figures as of Oct 17, 2026. Check after Nov 16, 2026: if you are reading later than that, these figures may be out of date.

These figures are more than 30 days old. They may not reflect what has happened since Oct 17, 2026.

Extension invoked
USCIS told the requester it would invoke the 10-working-day "unusual circumstances" extension the law allows (5 U.S.C. 552(a)(6)(B)). What an extension means

Timeline

  1. FiledSep 8, 2026
  2. Acknowledged by USCISSep 14, 2026
  3. Final responseNot yet received

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Template T-41
All emails among National Records Center front-office leadership (Director, Deputy Director, Chief of Staff), Operations Support Branch/Management Branch supervisors, the USCIS FOIA Officer, the FOIA Program Manager, and senior FOIA supervisors containing any of the terms 'proactive disclosure,' 'PRD,' 'AAO,' 'ERR,' 'reading room,' or 'ready to post,' or reporting counts of decisions posted to the Electronic Reading Room, January 1, 2026 to present.
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